calcite
French, noun/kal.sit/
calcite is spelled C-A-L-C-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcite is a French feminine noun meaning “calcite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce minérale composée de carbonate de calcium CaCO₃ qui cristallise dans le système trigonal; elle est le…”.
What does calcite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalcite
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce minérale composée de carbonate de calcium CaCO₃ qui cristallise dans le système trigonal; elle est le constituant principal de nombreuses roches sédimentaires : calcaire, marne, marbre, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calcite
- calcites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcite?
- /kal.sit/
- \kal.sit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calcite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calcite in French?
calcite appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).